I smoke but I'm still here :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:37 AM
Subject: RE: First Problem
> And hopefully you're a non-smoker! At least for a while, anyway.
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of datsunmike
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 5:05 PM
> To: Datsun Roadster List
> Subject: First Problem
>
>
> On the way to my MGB club meeting I was driving in heavy traffic on Long
> Island. I started smelling gas but kept on going. When I got to the
> restaurant I saw a line of gas coming from my car in the parking lot.
Seems
> my float needle stuck open on the front carb and it was a new needle. I
> didn't have any tools besides a cheap screwdriver set and an adjustable
> crescent wrench. I was able to take off the float cover and take out the
> needle which I carefully disassembled in my car. There was a small piece
of
> crud in there. Blew it out (gas tastes horrible), reassembled everything,
> and all was better.
>
> Lesson learned was to carry a cheap set of tools in the car.
>
> My Datsun never broke down or gave me trouble before in the 20+ years I
> owned it so I never carried tools.
>
> Oh well.
>
> Mike
>
> PS - I smelled wonderful while eating dinner too but everyone at the table
> was a BTDT person.
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